Extracted Text

Koine Greek

σί(του) ἀρτ(άβαι)

ἄρακ(ος) ἀρτ(άβαι)

γί(νεται) ἄρακ(ος) θαλλία

Ἐπὶφ ἰνδ(ικτίωνος)

ἄρακος

Latin

Apparatus

Translation into English

“of the bread”

“the bread”

“becomes a sprout”

“upon the indication”

“of the sprout”

Extracted Koine Greek and Latin Text

σί(του) ἀρτ(άβαι)
ἄρακ(ος) ἀρτ(άβαι) ιε
γί(νεται) ἄρακ(ος) θαλλία ιδ
σί(του) (ἀρτάβαι) δ
(καὶ) το(ῦ) δ(είγματος) ἀρτ(άβαι) ι γ´
Ἐπὶφ ϛ ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ιβ α

English Translation

Wheat: artabas
Arakos: 15 artabas
Total: Arakos, 14 thallia
Wheat: 4 artabas
And of the sample: 13 artabas
Epiph 6, Indiction 12, 1st (year?)

Notes:

• σί(του) = abbreviation for σίτου ("of wheat")
• ἀρτ(άβαι) = abbreviation for ἀρτάβαι ("artabas," a measure of grain)
• ἄρακ(ος) = abbreviation for ἄρακος ("arakos," possibly a type of legume or pulse)
• γί(νεται) = abbreviation for γίνεται ("it totals," "it amounts to")
• θαλλία ("thallia") = possibly another measure or container
• το(ῦ) δ(είγματος) = abbreviation for τοῦ δείγματος ("of the sample")
• Ἐπὶφ = abbreviation for the month Epiph (Epiphi), an Egyptian month
• ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) = abbreviation for ἰνδικτίωνος ("indiction," a 15-year tax cycle)